Transcript (sectoral and territorial) development

“Adaptation to the consequences of Climate
Change:
Progress achieved and capacity building
needed”
Budapest, November 19-20, 2007
Strategic Environmental Assessment for
Mainstreaming Adaptation
into National Development Frameworks
Henrieta Martonakova
([email protected])
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Overview
1. Strategy on Adaptation for Europe and CIS
2. Introduction to Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA)
3. Applying SEA for mainstreaming adaptation into national
development frameworks
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UNDP approach in Europe and CIS
Overall objective:
To facilitate policy change and capacity development to achieve MDGs in
countries with economies in transition in the face of Climate Change
Strategic elements of UNDP approach;
 Capitalizing on NC processes
 Focus on most vulnerable countries/geographic areas and
sectors
 Comparative advantage of UNDP: (i) current work of creating
an enabling environment for human development; (ii) disaster
risk management (iii) policy support for mainstreaming
adaptation into the development planning
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UNDP approach in Europe and CIS
Priority geographic and thematic areas:
 Water resource management, disaster risk management
and agricultural productivity in the three most vulnerable
sub-regions: low and low-middle countries of Balkans,
Caucasus and Central Asia
 Coastal zone management in the low lying areas of
Adriatic, Black and Caspian seas
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UNDP approach in Europe and CIS
Major elements of adaptation strategy in the region:
Development of projects
Mainstreaming
Partnership building
Learning (Adaptation Learning Mechanisms)
Human Resource Development
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Contact person
Keti Chachibaia
GEF Regional Technical Advisor for Capacity Development
and Adaptation
Email: [email protected]
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SEA for mainstreaming
Adaptation National
Development
Frameworks
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SEA = Range of analytical and participatory approaches to
integrate environmental considerations into policy, plans
and programmes and evaluate the inter linkages with
economic and social considerations (OECD, 2006)
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not a single, fixed and prescriptive approach
largely principle-based
continuous, iterative and adaptive
applied throughout the entire decision-making process
focused on strengthening institution and governance
adapted and tailor made
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SEA is not
An approach for mainly developing environmental strategies,
programmes and action plans, but rather for developing
area based and sectoral plans, which take account of the
objectives formulated in environmental strategies,
programmes, etc.
A responsibility of the environmental ministries and authorities
but rather of sectoral ministries and authorities responsible
for area strategic development (regional government,
municipality, etc.)
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SEA: Up-streaming environmental considerations into the
decision-making hierarchy
Policy
Plan
Strategic
Environmental
Assessment
Programme
Projects
Environmental Impact
Assessment
Source: OECD. 2006. Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment: Good practice Guidance for Development Co-operation.
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Leveraging SEA for adapting to climate change
• Climate change considerations must become a part of
policymaking and planning across the board, including UNDP
• Existing assessments often overlook:
1. Future climate change risks
2. PPP effects on climate change vulnerability
3. PPP opportunities to reduce stakeholder vulnerability
• An integrative assessment approach (such as SEA) can
incorporate climate change considerations and support
adaptation (reduce vulnerability)
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What UNDP is doing to support adaptation
Integrating climate change into all operations (“climate-proofing”)
1.Building capacity
• Regional training
• Web-based training, web resources, etc.
2.Developing resources for “climate-proofing”
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Guidance for UN and UNDP development frameworks
SEA-based guidance for national & sectoral policymaking
Identifying key risks: country-specific and thematic
Knowledge sharing (Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM))
3.Delivering impact
• Policy advice and core programmes
• Projects supported through GEF
• MDG-fund projects
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UNDP SEA approach to Adaptation
 Draws upon guidance in the Adaptation Policy Frameworks for
Climate Change (APF) and in the OECD DAC Guidance on SEA
 Objective: support national development priorities through
improved policies, plans and/or programmes.
 support climate change adaptation mainstreaming
 leverage SEA frameworks in place
 Outcomes:
 Improved consideration of climate change-related/environmental
risks in policies, plans and programmes
 Improved consideration of the specific effects of policies on the
climate vulnerability of relevant populations/stakeholders
 Awareness of climate change and its impacts raised among
policymakers and the public (critical for effective mainstreaming).
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Outline of the approach
 Stage 1: Establish the context
define the objectives and outcomes, the scale and scope of the
assessment and the stakeholders to involve
 Stage 2: Implement the approach
identify ways of reducing impacts and optimizing opportunities of
climate change on the policy, plan, programme for environmental
sustainability and other development outcomes
 Stage 3: Inform and influence decision-making
to ensure that the policy, plan and programme integrates main
conclusion and inputs highlighted by the approach
 Stage 4: Monitor and evaluate
to ensure effectiveness of policy, plan and programme measures for
environment and development
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SEA approach for adaptation mainstreaming
- examples of adaptation-related questions for each SEA
stage
Stage 1: Establish the context for the approach
What development objective(s) or outcome(s) are sought?
Are the objectives in line with national environmental
objectives and sustainable development policies?
What kind of information is available on environmental
challenges, climate change vulnerability and projected
impacts, and what does the information suggest?
On which time horizon are climate change risks expected?
Who are the stakeholders and how should they be engaged
in the SEA approach to Adaptation?
Is there a need for institutional strengthening and capacity building
on the SEA approach to Adaptation?
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SEA approach for adaptation mainstreaming
- examples of adaptation-related questions for each
SEA stage
Stage 2: Implement the approach
What are the relevant criteria and indicators for the assessment?
What methods should be used to assess future vulnerability and
adaptation needs, characterize future climate-related risks, etc.?
What impacts will climate change likely have on the effectiveness
of the policy, plan and programme, and the target population?
What impacts will the policy, plan or programme have on
environmental sustainability and development outcomes?
What responses (options) would reduce climate risks impacts
and improve development outcomes?
What are the barriers, costs, and impacts of those options?
Are the views of stakeholders being included in the process?
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SEA approach for adaptation mainstreaming
- examples of adaptation-related questions for each
SEA stage
Stage 3: Inform and influence decision-making
What are the main conclusions on adaptive measures?
Are there adequate mechanisms for these to be reflected in the
policy and decision-making process?
Are financial resources sufficient to implement the activities
identified as needed to ensure sustainability and other development
outcomes?
Stage 4: Monitor and evaluate
What is the strategy for reviewing, monitoring and evaluating impacts?
What indicators will be used for monitoring? How will they be
tracked?
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Resources
Adaptation Policy Frameworks for Climate Change (guidance)
http://www.undp.org/gef/adaptation/climate_change/APF.htm (english)
http://www.undp.org/gef/05/kmanagement/pub_practitioner.html (english)
http://ncsp.va-network.org/section/resources/resource_methodology (english,
spanish, french
UNDP SEA-related information
http://www.undp.org/fssd/priorityareas/sea.html and
http://europeandcis.undp.org/environment/iep
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